Office Relocations: Headache or Opportunity?
There will be a number of advantages to relocating your offices otherwise you wouldn't consider it. However, the enormity of this project should not be underestimated, least of all the relocation of your business' core IT systems. It may in fact be the one thing that ultimately deters you.
We at CaN IT think more laterally than most, we see this as an opportunity for your business to improve the quality of your current IT service (and even possibly reducing the cost). Therefore turning this into another positive rather than negative reason to relocate
Relocation is an ideal time to:
- Get accurate information relating to assets
- Opportunity to consolidate IT equipment and/or licenses thus reducing future on-going costs E.g. printers, faxes, replacing laptops with palm devices etc...
- Set-up new systems which could have provide additional functionality/benefits whilst also reducing risk and downtime involved in the move
- Benchmark cost of service
If we are clever, we could, at the very least, make the cost of relocating your IT systems self financing!
Question: How can I lessen the impact of this office move on our daily business?
We have prepared a high level checklist, which will enable you to understand the steps involved in an office relocation. It is from this checklist that we would build our service offering;
A project managed IT relocation service Our expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services and Project Management provides us with the prerequisite knowledge and skills (coupled with our comprehensive range of services and solutions) to ensure that the relocation of your IT systems is done so with the absolute minimum of service disruption.
What does this service include?
- Audit on current assets including hardware & software
- A Technology for business review
- A detailed checklist
- A detailed project plan
- A central repository for information which all parties involved in the move have access to
- Accredited engineers to backup, shutdown, transport equipment, power up and test in the new location
- Temporary services (if required)